poisoning

2 month ago, we adopted russian tortoise. His name is Alex. Previous owner didnt look after him well. During first week we saw that his cloaca left outside. Immediately took to vet. We dont have tortoise vets here, he was general vet in Zoo. So helped with inserting it back. Then after couple of...

Hey I have a 4 year old Horsfield tortoise. He has a small enclosure n the garden that I put him in when the weathers nice. I pick out any daisies and buttercups that grow in there but I must have missed a buttercup and when I turned around he was eating it. I’ve read that buttercups can be...

Is there anything that could cause a tortoise to die in 48 hours? Do tortoises have common sense, or do they eat sweet wrappers, plastics etc. Please share poisoning stories or ingestion related deaths.